"Justice Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court justice and lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for African American and Caucasian children unconstitutional.

"Upon reading my President's Page, Greg Berk, Esquire, co-chair of the OCBA's Education Committee, was inspired to launch an OCBA program to pay tribute to legal giants who have positively impacted our nation."

Jackson said the seminar is appropriate for both lay people and those in the legal profession.

Jackson will serve as moderator between Chemerinsky and Brown, who served as a law clerk to Marshall earlier in her career.

"Both Greg Berk and I hold the Honorable Thurgood Marshall in high esteem," Jackson said. "Justice Marshall inspired me to be an attorney. As a child, my parents explained the significance of the Brown decision and praised Justice Marshall's accomplishments. In addition to serving as lead counsel in Brown, Justice Marshall was the first African American to serve as Solicitor General of the United States and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court."

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